Kate :: Hope this answers some of your questions. A for Fire IDK if it time to bring her back. Yes I've been working on one fan fiction that is better then this one my 4 friends and I feel for about a year now.. I wanna make it perfect before posting it.

Do some of you miss Fire?

More Ideas please.. I'm 100% serious.. U ask the questions and I will answer them the best I can def. By the end of the story. Anything u wanna know.

Chapter 26:

Race came up behind Dolly as she was selling the next morning and slid his hand into hers. Dolly turned her head and smiled at Race. Race kissed her lightly on the lips. Race took Dolly's papers from her and they both walked over and sat down on the bench.

"What is it Higgins?" Dolly asked resting her hand on his leg. Race leaned back and sighed.

"It's uh… well um… I think I saw Fire in Manhattan. She was walking into a orphanage." Race looked at Dolly and saw she went pale.

"Damn it!" Dolly yelled. "She did go back to Slick. She was going to get Jimmy then. You know her son. We cant let her continue to live with Slick. He's pure evil. He'll kill Fire or Jimmy if not both. Race we got to get her out of there." Dolly stood up but Race pulled on her arm and she fell onto the bench again.

"We cant do anything," Race said calmly.

"But he could be hurting her. He could kill her!" Dolly yelled and people on the streets turned their heads.

"It was her choice to go there," Race spoke very sternly.

"It was all of us that kicked her out," Dolly reminded him.

"We didn't tell her to go to Slick. Slick will kill you if you go in there trying to get Fire back."

"Fire wouldn't allow it."

"Fire will. Fire will have no say and you know that. If Slick has made his choice to kill fire no one can stop it and taking Fire away from him will just make him want to kill her and you even more."

"She needs help."

"She needs to believe in herself more. She needs to believe she is special before she can give a shit about herself."

"She will never."

"Then she will remain there."

"What about Jimmy?"

"He'll become an evil newsie like his father probably."

"Your gonna let that happen?"

"I'm not even related to him."

"Spot is," Dolly whispered.

"Spot isn't gonna help."

"Yes he will. He's already lost Books kinda you really think he wants to loose Fire for life."

"He's going to anyway… remember she sick."

"Why let her die now when she has about three more years. He'll help."

"And then you'll put all of Brooklyn and Manhattan in danger."

"I thought you two were tough. Brooklyn the toughest."

"doesn't mean we wont loose guys in a rumble. Dolly trust me on this. You don't know who your messing with."

"I lived with Slick and his newsies for awhile until he almost killed Fire and the unborn Jimmy. I think I know him. I think I know the man that tried to murder my best friend. I think I know the man that tried to get me in bed. I think I know the man that laughed when Fire was shot by one of his newsies."

"He laughed."

"As he said she deserved it because she was needy bitch and you even know that Fire wasn't needy." Dolly had tears in her eyes. "They fuckin shot her and what makes you think she isn't dead already. Slicks got Jimmy that's who he really wants." Race put his arm around Dolly's waist.

"She a tough girl. She wont give into death easily."

"So comforting. I just wanna see her one time." Dolly hugged Race and he kissed her cheek. "Did she look hurt?"

"I only saw the side of her. She looks skinnier and a little paler. She looked kind of ill from the side of her." Dolly pulled away from Race and he smiled. "She'll be okay Baby." Dolly smiled weakly and kissed Race. Two high class women walked by .

"Look at that Clair. Those street rats don't know what is right in society. No one wants to see to disgusting street rats kissing like that. No one wants to see street rats period." the other woman nodded in agreement. Dolly broke away and yelled to the woman.

"Yea well at least my man ain't sleeping with the maid!" race laughed and the women looked appalled.7/17/03